@3Usque adeo quiddam proprium notumque requirit.@1 IS she asleep, asleep Alone, in fair far land? With murmuring lulled that deep And shadowy waters keep Fast by the flower-lit strand, Is she asleep, asleep? If she awake, awake On bliss-embowering shore, Be sure her heart will break For the old sad voices' sake That reach to her no more, If she must wake, must wake. Ah! guard her dream, her dream, Though songs call blithe and clear About the enchanted stream; Lest reft in sooth she seem Of all she loves to hear, Rest she adream, adream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 9. AT THE ALTAR-RAIL by THOMAS HARDY UPON HIS SPANIEL [SPANIELL] TRACIE by ROBERT HERRICK THE CENCI; A TRAGEDY: ACTS 4-5 by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY IF WE KNEW; OR, BLESSINGS OF TO-DAY by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH IN SCHOOL-DAYS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE IRISH MOTHER'S LAMENT by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 93. AL-NOOR by EDWIN ARNOLD |